Marilyn Jones launched Chicago-based Consolidated Printing 34 years ago, well before going green became trendy. Her firm has been ecologically friendly since Day One, and over the years has grown "greener and greener," Jones said. That made Jones a perfect candidate when the Environmental Protection...

When Michele Hoskins, owner of Michele Foods, decided to become an entrepreneur in the 1980s, she tapped a syrup recipe developed by her great-great-great grandmother, born a slave in Mississippi in the early 1860s. Amy Hilliard also looked south for inspiration when she launched The Comfort Cake...

It's no secret that Americans enjoy a romance with barbecue, a word that's either a noun or a verb depending on where you are. From Memphis to Kansas, Texas to North Carolina, rib contest winners are usually crowned for their sauce. Chicago is no exception. But according to Allison Collins, there...

As fashion boutiques go, Beta Boutique is hardly among the city's toniest. It doesn't carry up-to-the-minute trends, unless they didn't sell well at full price elsewhere. When it is crowded, sheets hung from the ceiling are pulled across the back of the store, creating an impromptu group fitting...

Seven years ago, Karan Goel was among millions of high school students nationwide sweating their way through college-entrance exams. That, however, was before Goel received his undergraduate degree from University of Chicago in three years, earned his MBA from the university, won two business plan...

As a child, Carl Palmer watched as development quickly transformed his south Florida neighborhood. The mangrove forests he once explored went through an extreme makeover, giving way to cul-de-sacs and fancy houses. That experience had such a profound impact on Palmer that he focused his career...